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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Sep 24, 2016, 2:36 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 24, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2016, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2016, 6:59 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
568 WGUS63 KMPX 241936 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 236 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAY BRING ADDITIONAL FLOODING TO ALREADY SATURATED AREAS... .WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE PARTICULARLY IMPRESSIVE...SATURATED SOILS ARE NOT ABLE TO ABSORB MUCH WATER WHICH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE RAIN MAY ALSO DELAY RECOVERY FROM ONGOING FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ076-077-083>085-092-093-250500- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0009.160925T0200Z-160925T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 236 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...RICE...STEELE AND WASECA. * FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. * THE RAIN MAY COME IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND FLOODING IS ONGOING IN MANY AREAS... ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY DELAY RECOVERY OR SLIGHTLY EXACERBATE FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON STREAMS AND IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ063-070-078-WIZ023>028-250500- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0009.160925T0500Z-160925T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...HASTINGS...RED WING... HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 236 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA... DAKOTA...GOODHUE AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. * THE RAIN MAY COME IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND FLOODING IS ONGOING IN MANY AREAS... ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY DELAY RECOVERY OR SLIGHTLY EXACERBATE FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON STREAMS AND IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BORGHOFF
3 follow-up statements
872 WGUS63 KMPX 250208 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 908 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT MAY BRING ADDITIONAL FLOODING TO ALREADY SATURATED AREAS... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE... SATURATED SOILS ARE NOT ABLE TO ABSORB MUCH WATER WHICH COULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE RAIN MAY ALSO DELAY RECOVERY FROM ONGOING FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ076-077-083>085-092-093-251200- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-160925T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 908 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...RICE... STEELE AND WASECA. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. * THE RAIN MAY COME IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND FLOODING IS ONGOING IN MANY AREAS... ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY DELAY RECOVERY OR SLIGHTLY EXACERBATE FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON STREAMS AND IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ063-070-078-WIZ023>028-251200- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0009.160925T0500Z-160925T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...HASTINGS...RED WING... HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 908 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...DAKOTA...GOODHUE AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. * THE RAIN MAY COME IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND FLOODING IS ONGOING IN MANY AREAS... ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY DELAY RECOVERY OR SLIGHTLY EXACERBATE FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON STREAMS AND IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
488 WGUS63 KMPX 250845 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 345 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING MAY BRING ADDITIONAL FLOODING TO ALREADY SATURATED AREAS... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTH ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. WHILE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...SATURATED SOILS ARE NOT ABLE TO ABSORB MUCH WATER WHICH COULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE RAIN MAY ALSO DELAY RECOVERY FROM ONGOING FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. MNZ076-077-083>085-092-093-251200- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-160925T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 345 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...RICE... STEELE AND WASECA. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND FLOODING IS ONGOING IN MANY AREAS...ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY DELAY RECOVERY OR SLIGHTLY EXACERBATE FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON STREAMS AND IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ063-070-078-WIZ023>028-251500- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-160925T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...HASTINGS...RED WING... HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 345 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...DAKOTA...GOODHUE AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND FLOODING IS ONGOING IN MANY AREAS... ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY DELAY RECOVERY OR SLIGHTLY EXACERBATE FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON STREAMS AND IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
907 WGUS63 KMPX 251159 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 659 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.... .RAINFALL IS STEADILY DIMINISHING OVER THE WATCH AREA, THUS GREATLY REDUCING THE THREAT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXACERBATING ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE, THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ076-077-083>085-092-093-251300- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-160925T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 659 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAINFALL IS STEADILY DIMINISHING OVER THE WATCH AREA, THUS GREATLY REDUCING THE THREAT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXACERBATING ONGOING FLOODING CONCERNS. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE, THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. $$ MNZ063-070-078-WIZ023>028-251300- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-160925T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...HASTINGS...RED WING... HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 659 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAINFALL IS STEADILY DIMINISHING OVER THE WATCH AREA, THUS GREATLY REDUCING THE THREAT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXACERBATING ONGOING FLOODING CONCERNS. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE, THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 6 days |
| Sep 24, 11:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 48 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 50 min |
| Sep 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Redwood, Swift | 54 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2016Flash Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2016Every flash flood watch in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.